Making Sense Of Stats

At first glance they’re just a bunch of numbers. But then one relates to another and all of the sudden it all makes perfect sense.

It’s amazing how much you can find out about your visitors by analyzing stats. It’s only been a couple weeks since I installed Mint and I’m already seeing a direct relation between user agent (browser and platform info.) and search referrals.

I grew a little more distraught each day when I’d check my stats to find Internet Explorer’s usage rising continuously over Firefox. Then I started paying…

MySpace is Garbage

A client of mine asked me if I could go in and customize their MySpace profile. Figuring I’d just be entering some hex codes into input boxes, I agreed to help out. 3 frustrating hours later, I’ve succeeded in doing noooooooothing! There is no theme management or customization type area. In order to change the style, you have to enter a hacked and slashed version of html and css into any of the boxes that contain your information.

Obviously, customization was an after-thought… and they really shouldn’t have bothered with it. The profile pages…